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The great thing about the Pisscan's legacy is that it's almost impossible to match. I can't be arsed working it out but some managers might be close (or even ahead) in terms of trophies per season over a few seasons, but none stuck around for 26 years. - Pep would be better if he stayed for the same length of time but I can't see him staying that long, unfortunately.
I've mentioned before that prior to the GPC the rags won a trophy every 6.2 seasons on average (not including Charity Shields). Even if you tweak the figures and guess how many European trophies and League Cups they might have won had they been available the figure is still around one trophy every 4.5 seasons, and they've bettered that since the Pisscan retired.
I can understand the fans having unrealistic expectations, we all have, but for the media to focus purely on matching short term success shows an unbelievable bias. - Unless football really did start in 1992 of course.
They'd be better off selling the players, demolishing the ground and selling each brick for a fiver, than wasting their time trying to repeat the GPC era.
I've mentioned before that prior to the GPC the rags won a trophy every 6.2 seasons on average (not including Charity Shields). Even if you tweak the figures and guess how many European trophies and League Cups they might have won had they been available the figure is still around one trophy every 4.5 seasons, and they've bettered that since the Pisscan retired.
I can understand the fans having unrealistic expectations, we all have, but for the media to focus purely on matching short term success shows an unbelievable bias. - Unless football really did start in 1992 of course.
They'd be better off selling the players, demolishing the ground and selling each brick for a fiver, than wasting their time trying to repeat the GPC era.